> Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 18:02:12 -0700
> From:
looppool@cruzio.com> To:
toddreyn@gmail.com
> CC:
Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> Subject: Re: A looping fork in the road. Which way do I go?
>
> On 7/22/64 11:59 AM, todd reynolds wrote:
> > I had one person suggest recently that the problem might be power, as
> > one thing which is happening during performance is the addition to
> > lights, though you can be sure my power isn't on a dimmer! lol.
> Over the years, Bill and I have both had a lot of problems with
> 'brown' electricity.
> The Lexicon Jamman was notoriously unreliable when the voltage in house
> got too low.
> (that's always one salient advantage to owning battery powered gear)
>
> Voltage can, of course, vary quite a bit in different venues (at least
> in the US....what's your take everyone else?)
> .........especially places like restaurants and
> coffee shops and museums/galleries where the building was not designed,
> specifically, for musical performance.
>
> Standard practice is to always be on a different circuit than your
> lighting but many buildings don't have different
> circuits for the AC they provide.
>
> You can buy a very expensive power conditioner that keeps voltage at the
> right level but they
> are pretty expensive ($500 USD) and they are really heavy. I've never
> invested, myself, but I've had
> a few heartbreaking equipment failures in my time during performances,
> as well.
>
> I wonder if Macbook Pro owners have had any problems with brown
> electricity. Anyone know?
>
> rick walker
>
